Friday, 13 May 2011

The Typhoon Season

The reasonfordrawingattentiontotheTyphoonSeasonissimplythequestionofwhat might, in a worst case scenario situation, happenif a Category 5 stormsuchasHurricaneKatrinascores a directhitonthecrippledandseepingsorethatiscommonlyknownasFukushima, a gangrenoussoreonwhichtheyarestickingandtearingoff band aidslikedementeddoctors in a war zonewhenwhatisneededisradicalsurgery.

Time, asalways, isoftheessence. Theessence, in thecasebeingtheunknownquantitiesandtypesofradiations leaking quietly into the global environment.

Whatever it is theexpertsfromTEPCOandtheIAEAhaveto hide from the mild manneredpeopleof Japan theyshouldsharewiththerestoftheworldfortheradiationpouringintotheatmosphere, intothewatertableandintotheoceanknowsnoboundaries. Unfortunately it belongs to us all.

Footnote: A 6.2 earthquake (click 'Japan Quakes Live!' link to view location) at 35km depth with epicenter just off the coast on 13th. Now this must have seriously jolted the Fukushima plant. So, any more cracks in the ruins? The answer may be obvious, but even so we should be kept informed. Why can't they understand this???